When People Draw a Logical Conclusion on the Basis of Whether

question 17

Multiple Choice

When people draw a logical conclusion on the basis of whether it agrees with their everyday knowledge, they are demonstrating the

• A) affirming-the-consequent error.
• B) belief-bias effect.
• C) small-sample fallacy.
• D) Wason selection-task effect.

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